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Tag Archives: Ecology

This moth supplements its diet with bird tears

It probably gets its fix of salt from those tears.

September 24, 2018 in News, Science, Video, Writing Samples, Year of the Bird.

Caterpillar vs. Beetle: Who wins?

Watch this caterpillar fling its beetle attacker through the air.

February 23, 2018 in News, Science, Video, Writing Samples.

Inside the secret world of bamboo-breeding frogs

These frogs breed hidden in bamboos and they are – wait for it – cannibals

January 3, 2018 in Blog, Mongabay-India, News, Writing Samples.

Monkeys eat—and then floss

Nicobar long-tailed macaques use an array of tools, including bird feathers to floss their teeth

November 13, 2017 in New Scientist, News, Writing Samples.

Mites squatting on spider webs steal food

A newly-discovered species of mite sets up home on a spider’s web and nibbles away at any insects the spider catches

November 2, 2017 in New Scientist, News, Writing Samples.

Monkey mom eats mummified baby

First-time mother grooms her dead baby for weeks before gnawing on its dry flesh.

September 25, 2017 in National Geographic, News, Writing Samples.

Fungus creates zombie bugs with a short afterlife

The infected bugs seek out flowers, stick their heads in and bite for their life. Then, hours after dying, their wings spring into action.

June 9, 2017 in New Scientist, News, Writing Samples.

This tree leans more than the Leaning Tower of Pisa

There’s a lesser-known leaning tower to which not many tourists flock for a photo.

June 2, 2017 in New Scientist, News, Writing Samples.

Tadpoles piggyback on strangers to avoid getting eaten — by siblings

When frog fathers go missing, their young are in grave danger. To escape the deadly jaws of their own siblings, these young turn to strangers.

May 15, 2017 in Live Science, News, Writing Samples.

Female dragonflies drop dead to avoid males

It’s their way of rejecting unrequited love.

May 1, 2017 in Live Science, News, Writing Samples.

Slow slimy slugs slaughter songbirds

When they accidentally run into bird nests sitting on the ground, some slugs help themselves to a free, easy meal of bird chicks.

October 5, 2016 in News, Science News for Students, Writing Samples.

For these bees, being the firstborn girl is a curse

By giving a brood’s firstborn female smaller portions and a low-protein diet, a mother bee can turn the offspring into a nursemaid for her younger siblings.

September 13, 2016 in News, Science News for Students, Writing Samples.
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